Costs will vary. The Cisco 675 external router runs around $199 but US
West will run special where the cost for the router will be $0 to $50 (you
do not want the internal). Then there is the cost for the service
itself. And yes there are other DSL providers, COVAD is one that comes to
mind and there will be more as uswest complies with line
de-regulations. But those providers are usually more expensive for the
service and the speed they provide are lower than the entry speed of 256k by 
megabit (uswest) from what I've seen. 
 
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> Can someone please tell me the cost associated with buying equipment for
> having DSL at home, and where I can get it? Do I have to go through
> uswest to get everything set up?
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